The sound of piston engines filled the air at Coventry Airfield, Warwickshire, UK, the week-end of the 31st May, 1st June. It was one of the few rare airshows that give the possibility to see the beautiful propliners of the forties and fifties in the air together with a nice selection of early jets.The main organiser of the airshow is Mike Collett, Chairman of the Air Atlantique Group. He together with his team organised an excellent show with rare sights on the ground and in the air.

The highlight on the ground was the Shackleton WL790/N790WL who performed engine test runs on both days and gave the visitors the possibility to ‘feel’ the sound of its 4 Griffon engines. Being currently under restoration it was even planned to fly that week-end, but unfortunately the first flight had to be postponed until later on that or next year.

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Warbirds over the Beach

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Where?Virginia Beach, Virginia, USAWhen? 19-21/05/2017

„Warbirds over the Beach“ is the annual airshow of the Military Aviation Museum (MAM) at Virginia Beach with a strong focus on aircraft of the WWII era. Each year during the May weekend before Memorial Day the majority of warbirds from the 1940s era being part of the fantastic collection of the MAM are literally unleashed and take to the air from a small private airstrip just South of Virgina Beach on the US Atlantic shoreline.

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Manching WTD61

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Where?Manching, Bavaria, GermanyWhen?13/06/2015

Open days of the Luftwaffe in Germany do happen regularly, but events with a flying display are few and far between. To mark the 60th anniversary of the Bundeswehr (German Armed Forces) and 25 years of the German “Unity Army” the “Tag der Bundeswehr” was celebrated on different locations all around Germany on June, 13th. Amongst others also at the WTD61 in Manching, being the only location to feature a flying display of jet aircraft.

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HA-200 Saeta

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Hispano Aviacion HA-200 "Saeta" D-IWMS

The Hispano Aviacion HA-200 "Saeta" ("Arrow") is one of the last designs fully developed by Willy Messerschmitt. It had its first flight on August, 12th 1955 in Sevilla.50 years later I have been invited to do an air-air photo session with the only remaining airworthy HA-200 in Germany. It is part of the impressive collection of the "Messerschmitt Stiftung" and operated by EADS from their site in Manching.